School soccer programs should be reformed in pilot zones to foster more talent and promote the development of group sports, experts said.▲ Students from a school soccer team train on the playground at a primary school in Xianju, Zhejiang province, on May 14. WANG HUABIN/FOR CHINA DAILYEight regions in China have been designated as the first batch of comprehensive reform pilot zones for promoting soccer among youth on campuses, according to the Ministry of Education.The pilot zones are in Dalian in Liaoning province; Zhengzhou in Henan province; Jinan in Shandong province; Chengdu in Sichuan province; Bijie in Guizhou province; Wuwei in Gansu province; Ganzhou in Jiangxi province; and Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province.A launch ceremony for the pilot zones was held during a recent meeting in Dalian to discuss the establishment of soccer colleges and majors at higher education institutes, the ministry said.Xiong Bingqi, director of the 21st Century Education Resea
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